Careers at Nova Pioneer

ABOUT THE ROLE

Key responsibilities for the role include: 

• Live the Nova Pioneer values and beliefs
• Actively engage with staff, students, and parents between 7 am and 5 pm daily
• Work collaboratively with the resident teacher to deliver impactful and engaging enquiry-based lessons
• With the resident teacher, co-create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning, is developmentally appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students, and maintain an organized and focused learning environment
• Fully participate in opportunities for professional growth including daily team meetings and reflections, weekly professional development meetings, instructional coaching, and organisation wide learning and reflection
• Work collaboratively with the resident teacher to conduct ongoing assessment of student progress. Use assessment data to adjust instructional content and delivery techniques accordingly
• Infuse joy and passion for learning into lessons so that students are excited about and invested in their academic excellence
• Help to set and communicate rigorous and ambitious goals for all students and provide student feedback so they internalize it
• Attend weekly feedback meetings with resident teachers and Deans to enhance teaching practices
• Participate in a variety of collaborative teams and committees, fulfill supervision duties as assigned including some morning, evening and weekend events
• Coordinate, plan and lead an after school co-curricular activity for a variety of ages
• Plan, implement and supervise the curriculum for the class in accordance with school policies and philosophy.
• Work with the resident teacher as a team, being respectful of each person’s contributions and style. Going directly to the co-worker involved (rather than another co-worker) when concerns or conflicts surface.

Teaching

• Leads ~20-30% (1-3) core content lessons. When not leading a lesson, supervises students
• Manages student behavior. Participates in following-up with persistent misbehaviors
• Execute necessary accommodations and modifications for the growth and success of all students
• Provide feedback to the curriculum design team about lessons you teach and the overall structure of a unit to ensure revisions are made

Administration

• Keep classroom neat and tidy
• With the resident teacher, prepare materials for lessons
• Parent communication in collaboration with the resident teacher
• Attend parent conferences
• Rotation duty (arrival, lunch, playtime and dismissal)
• Document student’s work
• Display student’s  work

ABOUT YOU

Skills and Qualifications required:

• You have a TSC certificate
• A relevant degree in Early Childhood/ ECDE/ P1 Diploma/ P1 Certificate
• You have a minimum of 2-3 years of teaching experience at the key stage 1 level.
• You have good working skills with technology such as Word, Powerpoint and Excel
• You are a great communicator. You are able to provide clear and effective written and verbal communication.
• You are flexible and open to change - you handle uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity well.
• You are a problem solver - you are proactive in identifying issues and address these thoroughly by making an effort to find appropriate solutions.
• You are excited about our organisational culture—and in particular, you are fired up to challenge yourself by embracing mutual vulnerability and a firehose of feedback
• You have a desire to further develop your leadership skills and apply them to transform the lives of African youth

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ABOUT THE ROLE

Key responsibilities for the role include: 

• Teach and deliver exceptional, real world, enquiry-based  Math / Physics lessons that align with the Kenya curriculum requirements.
• Maintain positive, constructive and professional relationships with students, their families and colleagues. 
• Develop lessons plans and partner with the Learning Design Team in reviewing and updating lessons when required/ desired.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning, is developmentally appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students and maintain an organized and focused learning environment.
• Infuse joy and passion for learning in lessons  so that students are excited  and interested in their academic excellence.  
• Provide necessary accommodations and modifications for the growth and success of all students both in academic and culture expectations.
• Be accountable for students’ mastery of content and academic standards.
• Integrate interactive technology into lessons to enhance instructional delivery.
• Set and communicate rigorous and ambitious goals for all students and provide effective student feedback so they internalize them.
• Provide consistent rewards and/or consequences for student behavior and model expected behaviour at all times for students to emulate
• Consistently meet the ambitious goals of a rapidly-growing organization
• Serve as teacher on duty and/or boarding teacher on duty and support school wide programs aimed at behavior interventions.
• Timely capture of students data on academic outcomes and articulation of students progress to NP families and other stakeholders when called upon to do so.
• Serve as a home room teacher when called upon to do so.

ABOUT YOU

Skills and Qualifications required:

• TSC certification.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Education (Science) and qualified to teach two subjects. You should have attained a minimum grade of C+ in the teaching subjects.
• Strictly 3+ years of teaching experience in Math / Physics.
• A minimum of a C+ grade attained in KCSE.
• You are a great communicator. You are able to provide clear and effective written and verbal communication.
• You are flexible and open to change - you handle uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity well.
• You are a problem solver - you are proactive in identifying issues and address these thoroughly by making an effort to find appropriate solutions.
• You are excited about our organizational culture—and in particular, you are fired up to challenge yourself by embracing mutual vulnerability and a firehose of feedback.